New and finding my way around here (I think I am anyway! lol)

[Hev_Sparrow]

Heather I like the options with quark, I have it on an evening when the chocolate craving is just so high I think I will burst if I don't get chocolate right that second lol theres a highlights one with fudge that I like, have you tried it? I need to buy the white chocolate options one.

I tried the quark mousse and wow I'm impressed! I was a bit dubious if I'm honest and I did add a teaspoon of stevia to sweeten it a little, but overall a good mouse substitute! Going to get some different flavours tonight and experiment.

 

[Passion fruit]

It's nice isn't it! My best friend seems to be quark at the moment, such a versatile ingredient.. I wonder if we whipped it if it would go even more light and fluffy like mouse.. ?

 

[Hev_Sparrow]

That sounds like a good theory... May have to experiment. Quark is my new best friend. I'm stocking up tonight! I'm going to use it to make a creamy pasta sauce tonight, will see how that goes.

 

[Passion fruit]

That sounds like a good theory... May have to experiment. Quark is my new best friend. I'm stocking up tonight! I'm going to use it to make a creamy pasta sauce tonight, will see how that goes.

I use it to make a pasta and curry creamy too. I had it with my normal cadburys highlights tonight and thought I'd try adding a tsp of Baileys ... oh yes that was worth the syn

 

[Hev_Sparrow]

I use it to make a pasta and curry creamy too. I had it with my normal cadburys highlights tonight and thought I'd try adding a tsp of Baileys ... oh yes that was worth the syn

Haha now you're talking! I may have that as my weekend treat next weekend when OH is away.

The experiment last night was a bit o a failure to be honest, not enough quark, it turned out a bit dry. Will try again and see what happens! Any tips?

 

[Passion fruit]

I know what you mean, was you adding it to just pasta? As I usually add it to the passata, if I want a creamy cheesy kind of thing instead I usually add a tablespoon or 2 of fat free fromage frais its fairly tasteless but makes it creamier, oh and salt and pepper I've found the fromage frais handy actually, I never use to buy it but get one in the shopping every week now. I add it to the quark and hot chocolate too

 

[Hev_Sparrow]

Yeah it was pasta and salmon. Will try it with fromage frais next time too, thanks I added the Salted Caramel Options to my quark last night, that was yummy! Haven't added the Baileys yet, that's next on my list.

 

[Ra-ra]

My name is Nicola Here is the recipe, it's a nice little video too The lady has loads of recipes I've never seen before, lots to try! hope this link works and I've done it right

Ok , just made the lemon Drizzle cake, using the attachment kindly posted by passion fruit, it was a little too sweet for me , and I have been racking my brain thinking of what the taste reminds me of and it is ..... Pancakes with lemon and sugar.
Definitely worth a go, also made the White chocolate & quark which is a cream substitute, that was lovely.
Ra-Ra

 

[Passion fruit]

Ok , just made the lemon Drizzle cake, using the attachment kindly posted by passion fruit, it was a little too sweet for me , and I have been racking my brain thinking of what the taste reminds me of and it is ..... Pancakes with lemon and sugar.
Definitely worth a go, also made the White chocolate & quark which is a cream substitute, that was lovely.
Ra-Ra

I've realised I've got a sweeter tooth than I thought which is why I must like it lol Quark is such an under rated ingredient, I'd never known it existed before SW but my fridge will never be without it now!

 

[Ra-ra]

To be honest Passion fruit I had no idea what Quark was! I can't believe how many recipes contains this wonderful product, I am going to try the chocolate mousse next and then the strawberry cream cups, it would be great to have a go-to treat in the fridge.... Especially low in syns , what a bonus!

 

[Passion fruit]

Maria and Heather and everyone, how are you all getting on? I lost 1 1/4 lb this week

 

[maria cleaver]

Maria and Heather and everyone, how are you all getting on? I lost 1 1/4 lb this week

Hi Nicola! Well done love I lost 1/2 lb this week.......only 1/2 lb to my 2 1/2 stone award. Yeeehaaaa!!!! Have a good week love xx

 

[Passion fruit]

Hi Nicola! Well done love I lost 1/2 lb this week.......only 1/2 lb to my 2 1/2 stone award. Yeeehaaaa!!!! Have a good week love xx

Well done Maria 2 1/2stone.. that's fantastic, I'm sure you are proud of yourself, I'm nearly there hopefully next week, don't think it'll be this week as its my birthday Friday and I'm going to have a lot of chocolate.... lol I decided on maltesers on chocolate pancakes for breakfast, melted chocolate with maltesers for lunch and a full chocolate banquet for tea lol do you miss chocolate or do you use your syns for it? X

 

[Hev_Sparrow]

Maria and Heather and everyone, how are you all getting on? I lost 1 1/4 lb this week

Sounds like it's going well so far, well done! I maintained this week, but I had a couple of busy weekends eating out, so I'm not surprised it's catching up on me. Got 4 weeks till my holiday so hoping to lose another 4lb by then.

I love the sound of a chocolate banquet for your birthday! I save my syns for chocolate, and have a Freddo a day. With the exception of a Sunday where I have a proper bar of whatever I fancy. I've really had to reign in my chocolate eating cuz I could polish of several bars a day back in the day and no amount of counting syns would help me!

 

[maria cleaver]

Well done Maria 2 1/2stone.. that's fantastic, I'm sure you are proud of yourself, I'm nearly there hopefully next week, don't think it'll be this week as its my birthday Friday and I'm going to have a lot of chocolate.... lol I decided on maltesers on chocolate pancakes for breakfast, melted chocolate with maltesers for lunch and a full chocolate banquet for tea lol do you miss chocolate or do you use your syns for it? X

Oh Nicola, You do make me laugh lol Your banquet sounds like a delightful birthday treat lol I'm not such a choc-a-holic but I do enjoy the odd chocolate biscuit, also I am a bit of a Malteser fan like you. My failing has always been crisps! Have a lovely day on Friday and don't consider Syns until Saturday xxx

 

[maria cleaver]

Sonds like it's going well so far, well done! I maintained this week, but I had a couple of busy weekends eating out, so I'm not surprised it's catching up on me. Got 4 weeks till my holiday so hoping to lose another 4lb by then.

I love the sound of a chocolate banquet for your birthday! I save my syns for chocolate, and have a Freddo a day. With the exception of a Sunday where I have a proper bar of whatever I fancy. I've really had to reign in my chocolate eating cuz I could polish of several bars a day back in the day and no amount of counting syns would help me!

Hi Heather! Good luck with losing your 4lb by the time you go on holiday love. I do feel sorry for all you choc lovers.......so hard to resist but you sound as if you are doing really well but still enjoying your choc-a-day lol xx

 

[Passion fruit]

Oh Nicola, You do make me laugh lol Your banquet sounds like a delightful birthday treat lol I'm not such a choc-a-holic but I do enjoy the odd chocolate biscuit, also I am a bit of a Malteser fan like you. My failing has always been crisps! Have a lovely day on Friday and don't consider Syns until Saturday xxx

Oh yes crisps, I do think most people are team crisps or team choc! I could quite happily go without crisps but a life without the good stuff well I don't think I could! Thank-you for the birthday wishes, yes I'm going to basically have what I normally have but with my fruit I'm going to dip it in choc and I'm going to have my normal SW pancakes but with added cocoa as I don't want to stray too far and find it too hard to get back into, but I do feel I need a bit of a treat and it was either a takeaway meal or choc throughout the day.. I can't wait. Good luck with your weigh in Wednesday. xx

 

[Passion fruit]

Sounds like it's going well so far, well done! I maintained this week, but I had a couple of busy weekends eating out, so I'm not surprised it's catching up on me. Got 4 weeks till my holiday so hoping to lose another 4lb by then.

I love the sound of a chocolate banquet for your birthday! I save my syns for chocolate, and have a Freddo a day. With the exception of a Sunday where I have a proper bar of whatever I fancy. I've really had to reign in my chocolate eating cuz I could polish of several bars a day back in the day and no amount of counting syns would help me!

I'm with you on that, I could easily eat myself sick on bars of chocolate, it's dangerous how much I love chocolate, I think it's been made more intense by the fact I had to go without all choc while my baby was reacting to it through me breastfeeding him. Luckily for us both his tolerance is increasing and I can now have milk products. I don't know how I did it, well I do, I did it for my gorgeous boy, I couldn't do it for me though! Good luck on losing those 4lbs before your hols!

 

[Hev_Sparrow]

Literally I could give up crisps forever without even looking back, but chocolate? I think I'd die. There's a girl on my facebook who hasn't had chocolate for about 6 years and I just can't imagine it. I gave it up for a month last year and it was the hardest month of my life!

It's my mom's birthday today, so saving my syns for a tiny slice of birthday cake, but it will be tiny I promise you that!

 

[Hev_Sparrow]

Also Nicola - I finally tried the Baileys with my Mint Options Quark Mousse - delicious, it tasted like cheesecake! I might have an extra syn treat at some point and crumble a digestive biscuit into it so it properly tastes like cheesecake!